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AUSTIN — An executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott to reopen in-store retail shopping, dine-in restaurants, movie theaters, museums, libraries and more took effect May 1 and will continue through May 15.

In last week’s Agriculture 101 column I wanted to approach COVID-19’s invasion into our lives from a little bit more of a positive point of view, mainly producing some of our own food. Well, this week let’s look at the more common thoughts on a lot of people’s minds, the negatives. Some more of the obvious things are sickness and even death, preventing infection, people being out of work or at least their work habits being different, student’s normal school regimen being turned upside down, people being asked to stay home if possible, masked and gloved individuals being seen when you are on an essential mission, and even empty shelves at the grocery stores.